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General Service
At Danny Townsend Billiards and Pool Tables we recommend a general service on home tables once per year.
For tables in clubs or other public organizations, a general service should be carried out much more often.
The Danny Townsend Billiards and Pool Tables general service includes:
- Brushing the cloth
- Replacing the spots and re-marking the lines on the cloth as required
- Ironing the cloth
- Checking all frame bolts and pocket brass bolts and tightening them as required
- Checking cushion bolts or screws and tightening them as required
- Checking and adjusting the level of the table from the base of the legs
- Accessories: As required, re-tipping cues, fitting rest head tips, re-fitting rest heads to handles, etc
- Reporting any problems to the customer.
Replacing the Cloth on the Table
In the home situation, depending upon wear factors and damage, you may not need to fit new cloth to your table for many years.
In a club, it may be necessary to replace the cloth as often as once per year.
Fitting new cloth takes place 'on site' at your home or club.
At Danny Townsend Billiards and Pool Tables fitting new cloth to your billiard table includes:
- Carefully removing the present cloth from the bed and cushions of the table.
- Cleaning the surface of the slate bed and checking for and also repairing minor damage as required
- Inspecting wooden cushion slips, or feather strips if present, and replacing if required
- Covering the cushions in new, high quality cloth
- Checking the table pocket nets and pocket leathers and advising the customer of any problems or need to replace (extra if required)
- Fitting new cloth to the bed of the table; brushing, ironing, marking and spotting the new cloth
- Re-assembling the table and checking and adjusting the level as required
Replacing the Pockets
At times, some or all of the pocket nets on your table may need to be replaced.
At Danny Townsend Billiards and Pool Tables we offer advice and carry out this work in accord with the customer's instructions.
Fitting New Cushions
Usually you do not need to have new cushions fitted to your table for many years after purchase (approximately 12-20 years), but replacement is a sizeable expense.
At Danny Townsend Billiards and Pool Tables this job is carried out partly on site and partly at our workshop.
The work includes:
- (Usually) our fitter removing the cushion rails of the table from your home or club to our workshop
- At the workshop, removing the existing cushions from the cushion rails
- Preparing the cushion rail surfaces
- Gluing and screwing new wooden cushion blocks to the cushion rails
- Fitting new cushion rubber to the cushion blocks
- Cutting and shaping the ends of the cushion rubber as required
- Fitting new wooden fillets
- Fitting new underlay
- Covering the completed cushions in new cloth
- Returning to the table site and fitting the cushion rails to the table